Calculated Responses of a Large Sweptwing Airplane to Continuous Turbulence with Flight-test Comparisons

Calculated Responses of a Large Sweptwing Airplane to Continuous Turbulence with Flight-test Comparisons
Author: Floyd V. Bennett
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Total Pages: 36
Release: 1960
Genre: Airplanes
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Summary: Calculated responses of symmetrical airplane motions, wing deformations, and wing loads due to continuous turbulence are shown to compare favorably with available flight-test results. These calculated responses are based on random-process theory, five degrees of freedom, lifting-surface aerodynamics, and one-dimensional turbulence. Of the five degrees of freedom used only three, rigid-body translation and pitch modes and the first wing bending mode, are shown to contirbute significantly to the airplane responses over the frequency range considered (0 to 2 cps). Bending-moment amplification factors are presented in order to show the effects of dynamic aeroelasticity. These effects are found to increase the response by 35 to 115 percent, depending upon the spanwise station.

NASA Technical Report

NASA Technical Report
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Total Pages: 36
Release: 1960
Genre: Aerodynamics
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NASA Technical Report

NASA Technical Report
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Total Pages: 540
Release: 1964
Genre: Aerodynamics
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Applied Mechanics Reviews

Applied Mechanics Reviews
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Total Pages: 700
Release: 1968
Genre: Mechanics, Applied
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An Evaluation of Effects of Flexibility on Wing Strains in Rough Air for a Large Swept-wing Airplane by Means of Experimentally Determined Frequency-response Functions with an Assessment of Random-process Techniques Employed

An Evaluation of Effects of Flexibility on Wing Strains in Rough Air for a Large Swept-wing Airplane by Means of Experimentally Determined Frequency-response Functions with an Assessment of Random-process Techniques Employed
Author: Thomas L. Coleman
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Total Pages: 40
Release: 1960
Genre: Airplanes
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Summary: Power spectral methods of analysis are applied to flight test measurements of the strain responses of a large swept-wing bomber airplane in rough air in order to determine the effects of airplane structural dynamic on the strain responses. Power spectra and frequency-response functions of the strain responses are determined and compared with the estimated results for a quasi-static reference airplane condition. The results obtained indicate that the bending and shear strain responses are significantly amplified in rough air because of the effect of structural dynamics by an amount that varies from 10 to 20 percent at the root to about 100 percent at the midspan station. The amplifications appear to be larger for the high-altitude tests than for the low-altitude tests. The amplifications of strains appear to be predominantly associated with the excitation of the first wing-bending mode, although at the outboard stations and particularly for the shear strains significant effects also are introduced by high-frequency structural modes. The determination of airplane frequency-response functions for responses to atmospheric turbulence from measurements in continuous rough air involves a relatively new application of random-process techniques. The results obtained appear to be subject to errors from a wide number of sources which give rise to distortions and sampling errors. A general analysis of the reliability of such frequency-response function estimates is presented and methods of estimating the distortions and sampling errors are developed. These methods are applied to the data in order to establish the reliability of the present results. The results indicate that with due precaution reliable estimates of frequency-response functions can be obtained.

Flight Dynamics in Moving Air

Flight Dynamics in Moving Air
Author: I︠U︡. P. Dobrolenskiĭ
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Total Pages: 292
Release: 1971
Genre: Aerodynamics
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